Match report

Own goal seals famous Manchester United comeback win at Juventus

Mourinho's debrief

“It was very good game, a high-level game. We performed at a high level. After their goal we had five minutes to wake up again. But the team was there from the first minute until the last.”

Regarding his post-match ear-cupping gesture, he explains: “In beautiful Italian they insulted me for 90 minutes and then I didn’t insult them. I just made a little thing. I know that millions of Interistas are happy with that. But I respect Juventus, their players and manager and all the qualities they have.”

Mourinho also says that he picked up on a comments that “a couple of the boys” made after the first leg that led him to believe they felt inferior to Juve. “I got this. And we can’t feel like that. We can’t feel inferior.” Who was it who talked about a gulf in class after that game, again? “Of course Juve have power and quality all over the park and an amazing bench. This is a big big victory for us. We have a final now to play at home. We thought we would have two finals but now we have one. If we win that final against Young Boys, we go through [if Valencia don’t beat Juve]. I hope we will arrive to the match on time, not late. We had an amazing escort to the stadium here. Thank you to the Italian police.”

There remains some confusion as to who scored the winning goal. BT think Pogba got the final touch to bundle it over the line but Pogba himself has just been interviewed and he isn’t sure. “It hit a lot of people,” he says. Uefa have it down as an og by Alex Sandro for now.

Mata speaks: “What a nice last five minutes! To get three points against Juventus in Italy is amazing. It was very difficult. They have fantastic players and are a top team but we’re going back to Manchester with three points.

I have confidence in my freekicks at the moment. I train a lot.

The first half was not bad from us. It was quite even. The second half was difficult. It was a fantastic goal from them. After that they had two or three chances to kill the game but they didn’t. And we came back and turned them over. It’s a great feeling. It’s a very big step in the group.”

It’ll be fascinating to see what this result does for United beyond putting them in a far healthier position in their Champions League group. Although this game could easily have gone the other way - if, for example,either of the Juve shots that struck the woodwork had gone in - but there was a lot to admire about United. For a start, their start: they began briskly and on the front foot, unlike in several recent outings. Also their resilience and their positivity. Mourinho’s substitutions worked, too. Martial had a terrific game. Smalling, too. Sanchez was very bright util he faded late on. Performances like this are the best way to silence talk about frayed relationships between players and manager.

Full-time: Juve 1-2 Man United

The final whistle sounds and Mourinho walks out onto the pitch cupping his ears and showing a triumphant smirk to the home crowd, who respond with deep boos. Why always him? Meanwhile, United’s players smile and congratulate each other for a superb comeback. They looked to be on the ropes after Ronaldo’s sublime opening goal but they showed great character and genuine smarts and skill to reverse the run of play and nab a precious win. Max Allegri’s substitutions backfired, too. It’s a spectacular result for United from a much improved performance.

Jose Mourinho celebrates at full time as Manchester United win the game 2-1. Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters

90+3 min: United repelling heavy pressure from Juve. And then they rip down the other end and try to wrap it up on the counter. Martial slips in Rashford, who tries to smash it past the out-rushing Szczesny. The keeper gets enough off a touch to deflect it over the bar.

GOAL! Juve 1-2 United (Alex Sandro og 90)

What a sensation! United have a come from a goal down to lead in Turin thanks to two goals in less than four minutes! A vicious in-swinging freekick from Young did the damage, with Szczesny taken by surprise and pushing it off his line right into Alex Sandro, who couldn’t do anything to stop it bouncing off him and into the net!

Bonucci scores an own goal and the second for Manchester United. Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters

82 min: Thanks to all of you who wrote in to confirm that Vardy goal was against Liverpool. Though Matt Richman insists that a better comparison would be with a goal struck by Robin van Persie against aston Villa.

75 min: Herrera and Dybala booked because Herrera pulled Dybala back. Juve players surround the ref to demand an explanation but he can’t come up with on. But Juve have a freekick about 30 yards out, dead central. Wonder who’ll take it?

74 min: Cuadrado canters forward, leaving a three v three attack for Juve. He’s got a player to either side and takes the sensible option, ie passing to Ronaldo. but Ronaldo is closed down quickly and has to lay it back to Cuadrado, who now has a free shot from eight yards .... and he spoons it over the bar! What a let-off for United!

72 min: There’s renewed brashness to Juve’s play. They sweep forward, making United look ordinary. Cuadrado lays a pass back to Pjanic, who tries to guide a sidefooter into the bottom corner from 15 yards. But he gets his calculations wrong and whacks it several yards wide. Ominously, though, United couldn’t get close to Juve during that whole move.

68 min: While I was trying to recall who it was that Jamie Vardy scored a slightly similar goal against (Liverpool?), Juve almost add another. This time De Gea did react, batting away a shot by Pjanic from 10 yards. Lindelof did well to get to the rebound first.

GOAL! Juve 1-0 Man Utd (Ronaldo 65)

That is simply brilliant! Bonucci dropped a beautiful pass from just inside United’s half over the head of Lindelof and into the path of Ronaldo, who smashes it first time on the run and on the volley past a stunned De Gea from 10 yards!